Rufo v. Inmates of Suffolk County Jail, No. 90-954 (U.S. Supreme Court) (502 U.S. 367; 112 S.Ct. 748) (January 1, 1992) (Justice White)
This case, decided before the adoption of the Prison Litigation Reform Act, reviewed the procedures and standards for terminating prison consent decrees - and significantly held that consent decrees are enforceable as judicial decrees.
In this case, the district court had previously found constitutional violations in a detention facility - ...
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